Monthly Archives: April 2011

Inspired by GOP Sen. John Kyl, I Have Decided That My Tax Returns Will Not Be “Intended to Be a Factual Statement”

Posted on April 13, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Kyl isn’t a liar, he’s just factually disabled.
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Posted in Conservatives, News Media, Propaganda | 4 Comments

Academic Choice Theory and the Corruption of Economics

Posted on April 13, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

“…we were modeling both economic and political actors as self-interested utility-maximizing agents, while continuing to see economics professors as idealistic pursuers of truth. I decided to correct this oversight…”
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Posted in Bidness, Economics, Ethics, Humor | 4 Comments

Why We Need Consumer Protections

Posted on April 12, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Because people can be bamboozled by the simplest schemes.
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Posted in Bidness | 14 Comments

Why Should Publishers Organize Science?

Posted on April 12, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

We do need to rethink project and data management, communication networks, and so on. But I’ll be damned if I let a publisher be involved from the outset.
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Posted in Bioinformatics, Publishing | 3 Comments

Links 4/11/11

Posted on April 11, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Links for you.
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Posted in Lotsa Links | 1 Comment

Are Smaller and/or Newer Labs More Innovative?

Posted on April 11, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Any data on productivity of different sized labs or original awards versus re-resubmissions?
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Posted in Funding, NIH, Publishing | 4 Comments

President Obama Opposes President Obama’s Educational Policies. Or Something

Posted on April 11, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

More pretty words signifying nothing.
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Posted in Democrats, Education | 3 Comments

Links 4/10/11

Posted on April 10, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Still spring-like! Links for you.
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Obama’s Spokesman Declares Obama to Be an Economic Conservative

Posted on April 10, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

Plouffe is claiming that for the economy to be ‘healthy’–where healthy means lowering deficits–unemployment will have to stay high or even rise. This is dreadful and inhumane policy, topped off by lousy rhetoric.
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Posted in Conservatives, Democrats, Economics, Fucking Morons | 6 Comments

The Budget Deal Isn’t a Compromise, but a Rout

Posted on April 10, 2011 by mikethemadbiologist

The Democrats were routed on the economics.
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Posted in Democrats, Fucking Morons, Jobs | 12 Comments